Will the US see large engineering works this century to prevent flooding? Large stretches of Florida have quite alot of property right on the sea barely above sea level, would these property owners demand protection?
>These tidal floods are often just a foot or two deep, but they can stop traffic, swamp basements, damage cars, kill lawns and forests, and poison wells with salt.
Is the wellwater seepage the biggest problem? Guessing the other things in the list could be fixed with lots of money and infrastructure.
No, these people have their head buried so deeply in the sand I'm amazed they haven't died from asphyxiation.
So far, I've heard they have 100 years to sort it out. The "engineers" will find a "solution". They'll build dikes like the dutch (never mind the dutch took 300 years). My favourite is "we'll build houses on stilts".
There's probably not much chance of saving florida.